Unit B – Story Characters

This English scheme of work for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how authors use characters in a story with a familiar setting, add the prefixes in and im to word roots, match the correct determinants to nouns and link sentence clauses using the conjunctions based on The Angel of Nitshill Road, Anne Fine.

Explore how authors describe and use characters in a story with a familiar setting, add the prefixes in and im to roots, match determinants to nouns and use conjunctions to link sentence clauses

Lesson One : Word Sums
Identify and record changes that can happen to the spelling and meaning of different word roots when adding the prefixes in and im

Lesson Two : Word Determinants
Select and record how to use the correct determinants that should precede different nouns beginning with a range of vowels or consonants

Lesson Three : Sentence Links
Practise using conjunctions to link different sentence clauses about some of the characters that feature in a story that takes place in a school

Lesson Four : Character Lists
Select and make collections of vocabulary words that can be used in sentences with matching conjunctions to describe characters in a story with a familiar setting

Lesson Five : School Report
Select and record a list of vocabulary words that can be used when composing a report to describe a character from a story with a familiar setting to illustrate their impact on the narrative
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3D Shape Labels
Identify and record how to label models and illustrations of some different 3D shapes to indicate their special properties
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Adventure Plays
practise composing and performing play scripts using the correct structure and format to illustrate adventures to different locations
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Shakespeare Plays
Investigate the structure and format of different scenes extracted from plays by William Shakespeare to use for drama performances
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Greek Myths
Practise composing narrative stories to illustrate the structure and format of myths based on culture and traditions from Ancient Greece